Rifains attend Iamrachen's father funeral

The death of El Mortada Iamrachen's father, who passed away on Thursday night, was transformed into a march in Al Hoceima on Thursday that called for the immediate release of all Hirak detainees.

According to Lakome, slogans were chanted by those who came to accompany the father of the Salafist until his last abode. They called the authorities to «change the militarized status of the city». The Arabic-language media reports other slogans: «the people want the release of the prisoner», «one word: this state is corrupt», or «we are all Nasser Zefzafi».

«In Ajdir also, a town located a few kilometers away from Al Hoceima, the inhabitants have taken the streets, calling for the release of the detainees and denouncing the arrests,» the same source adds.

«Thousands» of AL Hoceima's rifains attended the funeral of El Mortada Iamrachen's father, one of the Hirak's leaders a figurehead of the Hirak, who was prosecuted for terrorism-related crime on Friday afternoon.

He arrived in Al Hoceima on Friday morning to attend the funeral of his father, who died on Thursday following a decision by the investigating judge and president of the first chamber of the Rabat Court of Appeal. Iamrachen was arrested on the 10th of June in Al Hoceima and transferred to Rabat. His hearing is scheduled for July the 10th.